Sunday, January 10, 2010

Sorry I was MIA most of the week. My niece came home from college to get married, have a reception, and a whole other list of whirlwind activities. Her mother, my dear sister, has been hard at work for the last 6 weeks (that's all the notice she had) planning this beautiful event. I would be surprised if she slept much, if at all. She handled the stress and pressure like a dream and I was so impressed with her! I think I would have been a basketcase. I hope she takes a few days to decompress and stays in her pj's the whole time...she deserves it.

One of the many little touches that made the reception so beautiful were these moss covered monograms. My two other sisters, worked on this project and I think it turned out absolutely perfect. My oldest sister started by choosing a lovely font and printed out their initial. She used an overhead projector to trace this onto foam core board and then cut it out. Then my other sister painstakingly hot glued reindeer moss onto the initial. I'm pretty sure she has no finger prints left, just in case she wanted to commit a crime...I think she's good to go! A small price to pay for beauty, right?

This is what the foam board looked like when cut out. It had some rough edges, but once completely covered in the moss, they disappeared and it looked absolutely perfect.

I forgot to take a picture of the cake before they cut it, so this shot will have to do. You can see the corner of it, with some of the detail and the beautiful green color. It sat on this gorgeous square silver cake stand and it was amazing. As was her bouquet, and the dress. Oh...I would give my right arm for her cute little body!

Awesome idea with those MOSS Monograms...soooo PRETTY!!! It looks like we will be having a wedding coming up soon here at COASTAL CHARM....so I will keep this idea in the book! Hope you have a FUN and WARM week!